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Cistercian Stories for Nuns and Monks

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© 2020 University of Pennsylvania Press, 3905 Spruce Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4112

Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Abbreviations ix
Introduction 1
Chapter 1. Engelhard, Langheim, and the Nuns of Wechterswinkel 18
Chapter 2. Stories and Community: Seeing, Hearing, and Writing 48
Chapter 3. Sign, Sight, and the Sacrament of Faith 71
Chapter 4. Visions of the Eucharist 101
Chapter 5. Imagining Cistercian Holiness 131
Chapter 6. Discerning the Conscience 159
Conclusion 187
Appendix. Engelhard of Langheim’s Book of Exempla: The Manuscripts 199
Notes 211
Bibliography 259
Index 289
Acknowledgments 299

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Abbreviations ix
Introduction 1
Chapter 1. Engelhard, Langheim, and the Nuns of Wechterswinkel 18
Chapter 2. Stories and Community: Seeing, Hearing, and Writing 48
Chapter 3. Sign, Sight, and the Sacrament of Faith 71
Chapter 4. Visions of the Eucharist 101
Chapter 5. Imagining Cistercian Holiness 131
Chapter 6. Discerning the Conscience 159
Conclusion 187
Appendix. Engelhard of Langheim’s Book of Exempla: The Manuscripts 199
Notes 211
Bibliography 259
Index 289
Acknowledgments 299

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